The parting comments of presidents are of value because they tend to be the most nonpartisan of all their speeches. ...more

July 19, 2008

Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November. ...more

July 7, 2008

Far too many people are buckling under the strain of trying to run their households as consumer prices rise, home values decline and banks get tougher on letting them use credit to make up the shortfall in their pay. ...more

July 6, 2008

Reagan has his highways. Lincoln has his memorial. Washington has the capital (and a state, too). But President Bush may soon be the sole president to have a memorial named after him that you can contribute to from the bathroom. ...more

June 27, 2008

Hillsborough County Commissioner Rose Ferlita was the guest speaker at the Rotary Club of South Shore's May 28 meeting. ...more

June 14, 2008

The egalitarian wage system former President Fidel Castro spent decades building in Cuba is no longer viable, plagued by low pay, corruption and waste that can be eased by paying workers more for better work, a top labor official said in an interview published Wednesday. ...more

June 12, 2008

AVON PARK — Kari Long-McGrath said she learned a lot while doing a college internship at the Pensacola Chamber of Commerce, including how to cut a grand-opening ribbon and how to attract new members. Her mentor at the chamber also taught her something else. "No matter what — if you are in front of people and you don't know what the heck is going on — just smile," she said. "I can guarantee you there will be lots of smiling this year." ...more

June 8, 2008

Between now and Election Day, Democrats say they will use Congress to showcase the kinds of change promised by their presumptive presidential candidate, Barack Obama. ...more

June 7, 2008

An agreement reached by Lebanese political factions Wednesday amounted to a significant shift of power in favor of the militant Shiite group Hezbollah and its allies in the opposition, who won the power to veto any Cabinet decision. ...more

May 22, 2008

Cubans are getting wired. The island's communist government put desktop computers on sale to the public for the first time Friday, ending a ban on PC sales as another despised restriction on daily life fell away under new President Raul Castro. ...more

May 3, 2008